St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-05
He Gives in Substance the
Indictment He Makes
Against Stordock.
The Latter Charged With Pro-
curing False Affidavits to
Influence Sentiment.
Various Business Men Of Still
water Said to Be Behind
Attorney Marsh.

did me the honor of a personal editorial,
and, as it contained more mistakes than
Bob Ingersoll attributes to Moses, L
will correct a few of them. 1t Is
claimed in the editorial that the diSci-
pine of the prison is good at the present
time. This is not true. In fact it is SO
loose as to endanger the safety of the city
of Saltwater, and, if any one doubts
this. let him inquire of Judge Butts
and Mr.. Norrish, two prison inspectors
of long experience in the service and
who know what good prison discipline
is, and whose official connection with
the prison makes them well acquainted
with what it used to be and what it
ought to be at the paesent time. Any
person of inquiring mind can also refer
to H. J. Chambers, who has charge OF
the car company work within the
experience and daily talk with the con-
victs and prison officials, knows the
standard of good discipline. These men,
from their positions, are interested in
securing good discipline and seeing it
rigidly maintained in the prison, and
they ought to have the best opportunity
to know the state of discipline main
tanned by Warden St0rdOck in the
prison. / have no doubt Warden Stor
dock intends to maintain
THE BEST OF DISCIPLINE,
but he is so weak in mind that all of the
Shrewder and more cunning convictS
by fiattery easily impose upon him. and
induce him to do what he otherwise
would not do. 1t is said in the editorial
in the Pioneer Press referred to, that
Mr.. StordOck made a mistake for which
he has suffered. He did more than
o,.ir,
which he has not been punished.
He, knowing that ex-Warden Reed
was an innocent man, procured report
ers to interview all of the lowest and
vilest of convicts in the prison. in order
to procure for publication all of the
damnable stuff such convicts could be
induced to tell against the conduct of
eX-Warden Reed. and that, too, without
communicating with Reed or
conveying to him the slight
est hint that there was even a
suspicion that his conduct had not been
Just what it ought to be, while acting as
warden in the state prison. He not
only permitted the criminal libels to be
procured, but published them abroad
over the state to the great grief of Mr.
Reed and his eStimable family. This
was a crime under the penal cOoe of
this state, for which crime Mr.. StordOck
has not suffered, although arraigned
upon a criminal charge. He also. i'll
VIOLATION OF THE LAWS
of this state as to penal Servitude of
persons sentenced to hard labor in the
prison, used convicls whose labor be-
ionged to the state of Minnesota, and
who each day should have earned wages
from the contractors of the state, to
edit, print and distribute vie little
sheet known as the Prison Mirror, and
in this paper, so published at the expense
of the taxpayers of the state, pub
lished not less than five criminal ibelS
against respectable man. Mr.. StOr-
dock has not been punished for the
commission Of these crimes; in fact, he
is still running the little smut mill at
the expense OF the state of Minnesota,
the work u~0n the same being done by
the convIctS, whose labor be-
longs to the state and who
should be performing hard labor
as provided by their sentence and in ac-
cordance with the statutes of the state
of Minnesota. l grieye to say his con-
duct in the premises in reference to the
publication of this nasty little paper
seems to meet with the approval of the
executive of this state, and no effort has
vet been made by his eXcellency, the
governor, to suppress the publication of
that paper. Mr.. StOrdock las
committed another crime for which he
has not suffered the penalty of the law.
He procured false and perjured aft
davits to be made and signed, and false
and periured testimony to be given
against eX-Warden Reed. He did this
by coercion, threats, imprisonment,
dungeons and starvation Of the cOnvicts
under his keeping. 1t is true that the
truth of this in part rests upon the
TESTIMONY OF CONVICTS,
but, in his wicked assault upon Warden
Reed Mr.. Stordock relied entirely upon
that kind of testimony and recon-
mended it as worthy of credit, and by it
sought to destroy the reputation and
family. 1t comes with ill grace from
him. While his friends now say such
testimony should not be used against
him. shall rely, i'll part,
to prove the charges against
him, upon the testimony of the identical
witnesses that he recommended as
worthy of belief by producing them as
his witnesses upon the former trial.
Besides, the testimony of the cOnyictS
against Warden StOrdOck their testi-
mony is supported by the testimony of
Dr.. Pratt and others, to such an
extent that it would produce i'll
the mind of any unprejudiced
man. a conviction that the charges
against Warden St0rdock are true.
Is there anything in the political Situa-
ton in the state of Minnesota which
makes it neceSSar! for the governor of
the state to protect Warden Stordock
from punishment for this crime, or that
ought to induce the PioDeer Press, that
is the organ of certain clique of the
Republican party, to shield him from
punishment or to pose him as martyr?
1t is all very well for the Pioneer
Press to say that am
INFLUENCED BY HATE,
because | wish Mr.. StOrdock not to re-
main as warden of the prison at Still
water. but | notice it had no such re-
proach for Mr.. StordOck, when by
means too disgraceful to be detailed he
was trying by criminal libel and per-
iured testimony to ruin the reputation
and standing of an honest gentleman.
The attitude of the Pioneer Press
can be accounted for. Reed was
out of Office and the eXigencieS of politics
did not make 1t necessary for the Pho
neer Press to defend him. At the hands
of the Pioneer Press honesty and good
crime can always find in it an advocate
and defender, vituperative, though
weak, If such crime is allied with cers
tain political clique. 1t is said in the
editorial that / am trying to anticipate
the action of the board of cor
rection and charities. That is not true.
While acting for Warden Reed and
as his attorney, / filed an answer setting
up certain charges against Warden
Stordock. The committee before whom
the investigation was had struck out
large part of it, and / declined to go
into the evidence against Warden StOr-
dock unless | could go into it to the full
extent of my charge, and my charges
were substantially withdrawn by the
withdrawal of this charge from the con-
sideration of the committee. | notified
them that did not wish to proceed upon
it. This led me to examine into the
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